
The Rare Plants Man
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]When he could hardly move around his Henfield back garden for lack of space, Steve Law decided to relocate his nursery of rare plants. With
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]When he could hardly move around his Henfield back garden for lack of space, Steve Law decided to relocate his nursery of rare plants. With
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The news can be depressing about the destruction of nature the world over and the UK has seen a massive decline in most species since
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]April is the busiest time of the year so there are lots of “Shoulds” in April. You should have cleared the last of the
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The greatest woodland garden in the UK is set to reopen in West Sussex with an excitement for nature lovers akin to Willy Wonka opening
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] February can be a joyless month in the garden. Andrew takes a look at some interesting plants to “light up” your garden in the
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Most simply, the theory of Yin and Yang describes a world being made up not of opposite and opposing forces, but an experience in life
Garden designer Andrew Staib talks to Ed Nugent from Garden Sage Nursery in Hassocks about the joys and difficulties of running a nursery. It was
Autumn is the best time to design your garden. You can still see the echoes of Summer planting and late Summer and Autumn growth is
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]If Andy Jesson was a tree he would be a stout Oak. With his relentless energy and passion for trees, the Head Gardener at Sheffield
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Now is the time to plant bulbs! Nothing heralds Spring with greater brass band fanfare than bulbs. Just when you thought the world would never
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Decades ago, when Pauline met Paul, a Scotsman tending the Commonwealth War Graves in the Somme, she not only met the unequivocal love of
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]When I visit people in their gardens for a design consultation they often look at me with despair in their eyes, and apologetically admit they
Head Gardener Tom Brown embodies Parham, well built, welcoming and always on the creative move. For ten years now he has managed and also upgraded
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]In the 1930’s Vita Sackville-West began to renovate the gardens at Sissinghurst Castle. She became famous for her newspaper columns on what was possible to
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Since Andrew Staib wrote this article, sadly John Brookes has passed away. John is sitting in the large kitchen of his home called the Clock
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]When he could hardly move around his Henfield back garden for lack of space, Steve Law decided to relocate his nursery of rare plants. With
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The news can be depressing about the destruction of nature the world over and the UK has seen a massive decline in most species since
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]April is the busiest time of the year so there are lots of “Shoulds” in April. You should have cleared the last of the
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The greatest woodland garden in the UK is set to reopen in West Sussex with an excitement for nature lovers akin to Willy Wonka opening
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] February can be a joyless month in the garden. Andrew takes a look at some interesting plants to “light up” your garden in the
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Most simply, the theory of Yin and Yang describes a world being made up not of opposite and opposing forces, but an experience in life
Garden designer Andrew Staib talks to Ed Nugent from Garden Sage Nursery in Hassocks about the joys and difficulties of running a nursery. It was
Autumn is the best time to design your garden. You can still see the echoes of Summer planting and late Summer and Autumn growth is
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]If Andy Jesson was a tree he would be a stout Oak. With his relentless energy and passion for trees, the Head Gardener at Sheffield
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Now is the time to plant bulbs! Nothing heralds Spring with greater brass band fanfare than bulbs. Just when you thought the world would never
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Decades ago, when Pauline met Paul, a Scotsman tending the Commonwealth War Graves in the Somme, she not only met the unequivocal love of
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]When I visit people in their gardens for a design consultation they often look at me with despair in their eyes, and apologetically admit they
Head Gardener Tom Brown embodies Parham, well built, welcoming and always on the creative move. For ten years now he has managed and also upgraded
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]In the 1930’s Vita Sackville-West began to renovate the gardens at Sissinghurst Castle. She became famous for her newspaper columns on what was possible to
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Since Andrew Staib wrote this article, sadly John Brookes has passed away. John is sitting in the large kitchen of his home called the Clock
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